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Director
Paul Schrader
Defining Films
Profile
The theologian of cinema, obsessed with guilt, redemption, and the violent machinery of male desire. His films are confessions — austere, unflinching examinations of sin and the body as battleground between spirit and flesh.
Critical Essay (Excerpt)
b. Paul Joseph Schrader, 22 July 1946, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
In Their Own Words
The true transcendental film is one that takes the narrative from melodrama, from violence, from sex, from all the normal hooks that pull you into a movie, and gradually transcends them and goes to a higher place.
Filmography (26)
Oh, Canada
Master Gardener
The Card Counter
First Reformed
Dog Eat Dog
Dying of the Light
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
The Canyons
Adam Resurrected
The Walker
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Auto Focus
Forever Mine
Affliction
Touch
Untitled: New Blue
Witch Hunt
Light Sleeper
The Comfort of Strangers
Patty Hearst
Light of Day
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Cat People
American Gigolo
Hardcore
Blue Collar